Food to eat with new fixed braces
Tips on what food to eat with braces, and foods to avoid with fixed braces. Including watch outs, but also how to cope with harder foods
Milestones
Teenager in the house: becoming mum to a teen
How things have changed now there’s a teenager in the house, that change in being a mum to a teenager rather than a young child
Young Driver experience – first driving lessons
An experience of first time Young Driver lessons, for 10-17 year olds, this one held at Bicester Heritage centre
Having a 12 year old
Having a 12 year old boy and things are changing
Now you’re 11 and the 11th birthday interview
This coming year is probably going to be the biggest so far for N now he’s 11. The final year of primary school, Likely changing schools and lots of friends going separate directions. Moving out of mini tennis and into…
Reaching double digits – 10th birthday interview
This week has seen a big milestone for N. Double figures. Yes, he’s now 10 years old. And suddenly it feels like he’s grown up so much. He’s still pretty mellow, no sign of pre-teen emotions yet, so he was…
Losing baby teeth and growing adult teeth
When you have children, teeth seem to become a topic of conversation and sometimes concern. There’s not always a lot of information about them. And when children only see a dentist once every 6 or 9 months, you can’t always…
Invitation to summer county tennis training
This month, all the hard work N put into his tennis (and my money for lessons!) paid off. He might not be the best player of all the people he plays, but he’s dedicated and hard-working, and he’s been invited…
9th birthday and the birthday interview
I now have a 9 year old. As I’m sure all parents say, time whizzes by (and I’m sure it goes faster when you’ve got children). N’s surely into tween age now, although so far he’s remained level headed, with…
A new hair style interest
The time has come. N has finally started showing an interest in his hair style. He’s not being too fussy about clothes other than fit and irritating parts on his clothes. But I’m sure that will come over the next…
The new bed, and bed buying tips for tweens
I’ve been saying for years that N needed a new bed. As soon as he grew out of the cotbed really. He just inherited the bed that was originally in his room, and that was the old bed that had…